BRAVO, Single Mom!!! You are 100% correct: Daycare is not s/m

• What should I do? - Torn
  • This is just how I feel about it, ...sm - typinlikemad
  • Do it! I have been doing this for 12 years (sm) - MomMT
  • Take into consideration that the schooling will be the most difficult and time-consuming part... - MtMommyof3
  • Go for it sm - Heat
  • that is a tough decision, but...sm - april
  • Go for it! Children love being with - Backwards typist
    • Oh my golly! She has babies, and you're telling - her to think about the future
      • Well she would actually be thinking about them by going back to school also (sm) - MomMT
      • You should always think about the future - LookingForwardMT
      • On the politics board, I go to the mat with BT, but - she is right on with this one. sm
  • If you were my daughter, I'd strongly recommend SM - MsIndigo
  • It is not a foregon conclusion that in nursing - you must submit yourself to....sm
    • that is a nice and encouraging post NM - xoxoxoxox
  • nurses in offices - pumpernickel
    • When starting out, though, not as much choice. - Would stay home with my little ones if able.nm
      • i agree ...stay home a little longer if u can financially - you will be rewarded later
  • Another thought - who is going to raise your kids while you go sm - ChiaPet
    • Why don't you see if... - MT
    • i agree. raise ur own - i raise my own kids NM
      • Where am I? What day is it? What time is it? - Did I wake up in the 1950s today? sm
        • No, you're in the year 2008, where the results of - HillaryNot
          • Plenty of kids of stay at home moms are screwed up SM - Heat
          • What in the world are you talking about? - Are you seriously blaming....sm
    • that was a little harsh - sm
      • I think my comment got made into more than I intended - sm - ChiaPet
      • She wasnt being harsh, just giving another point of - view. What is wrong with that?! nm
        • The fact that she said *raised*, - sm
          • But the OP has a choice, that's why she asked - for opinions.
          • Accusing someone else of being "judgemental" for - giving THEIR opinion was not fair.nm
            • And insinuating that OP would not be raising - sm
              • She would not be raising them if in - daycare.
                • About day care - Reality check from a single mom
                  • BRAVO, Single Mom!!! You are 100% correct: Daycare is not s/m - Anna
                    • Sure do agree with you WORKING women set a good example for kids and - Reality check from a single mom
                      • Single mom, homeschool all 4 of my children AND work. it can be done - i raise my own kids and work
                • Hogwash. - nm
  • u can't outsource nursing, so i'd go with that - for job security
  • Think about this - Dinosaur
    • I agree - Nursing pays way better...

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Best thing I've read all day!  Let her try and respond to that. 

You have what it takes.  You are a fighter!  I think you'll survive and this is coming from an MT with 20 years in this business.  I am not an MTSO owner.  I service my own accounts and do my own work. 

Everything you have said is so true.  I think that many forget how they got started in this business.  I also think that work-at-home Moms should be respected and not bullied.  I know where my place is in this business.  I know because I have the income to prove it.  However, I am also a mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend, etc.

I have seen job ads that look as if my 8-year-old typed them up.  The normal course of action is an interview, a phone call if interested in hiring you, and then you take the job or you decline.  Then, comes the personal information. 

I went to one site just to check it out, clicked on apply online, and the first question was social security # and this is the largest MT employer ever.  How can they ask for that to simply apply with all of this fraud that goes on today. 

Please realize fellow MTs that usually an IC works multiple accounts and that can mean multiple MTSOs.  You don't need to put all of your eggs in one basket.  If you are asked to work a set schedule which does not allow you to transcribe for other clients, then that's employee and you should be treated as such.  The IRS expects you to contract with more than one client or vendor; it just plain looks better since we are considered self-employed.

A plumber doesn't always work for the Jones family, they do work for the Smith family and the restaurant down the street, etc., etc.

Yes, it can be done.  It isn't easy by any means, but it is possible if you are fortunate to be working for a good company.   

I have supported both my child and I solely on my income as a work-at-home MT.  For a little over a year I picked up some typing on the side for a few hours on the weekends for non-MT related businesses.  That at least paid for the phone bill.  I didn't and still don't owe much of anything, so that's a help.  I have one credit card that I use for groceries and gas, it gives cash back rewards and it's paid off in full every month. I almost own my home with the bank owning a mere pittance. There is no fancy car, no yearly vacations where I actually leave the town I live in, and I've had my TV for 8 years, after my grandmother owned it for 6 years.  Criminey, I don't even subscribe to any magazines.  All books come from the library, all newspapers are read online. I have automatic dedcutions taken from every pay check that are directly deposited into accounts for myself and for my son. We don't have much, but at least we have something. I keep an old ice bucket in the closet that all pocket change goes into.  When my son was little and would ask for pizza I'd tell him if there enough money in the ice bucket, we could get pizza. If there wasn't he'd have to wait.  I still use that bucket.  This year it will go towards flowers for the garden. 

My child is no longer a child, he's in his second year of college.  He workd all through his high school years, bought his own car and gives me 75% of his paycheck that go into the account mentioned above for college when he's home working summers.  He works while at college and that is what he lives on while at college.  He has never asked me for money..yet. 

I worked for a national company for almost two years when I first started out as an MT.  The pay was horrible, they were horrible, and I constantly ran out of work. I have worked for two small companies since leaving that national.  I never EVER refuse OT, I do my 8 hours/day 5 days/week and I work my fanny off.  It's not fun, and some days I hit my head against the wall thinking I can't do one more day of the tedium that is my job. 

I was always here when my son was growing up.  I attended every home sporting event, every awards night, drove him where ever he needed to be, and picked him up when it was done.. I was with him when he was sick, here when he had a problem and needed to talk (whine), and the lucky kid got to come home from school to hot choc. chip cookies out of the oven - not because I was June Cleaver, but because the hormones kicked in and I needed a sugar fix.  We both won.  Just don't tell him that. 

Looking back, the sacrifices for this job, mostly my sanity, have been worth it. Though my son grew up without a father, he had me there every single day, whether he liked it or not. We could never, and still can't keep with the Joneses, but I never liked the Joneses anyway.  I love working at home.  My car looks as new as they day it was bought 8 years ago and it has under 50,000 miles on it. Think of the savings of gas, wear and tear on the car, and your sanity if you have to commute.  I was here when my neighbor fell in the boxwood hedges and couldn't get up. I was here to see my dog scare the beheezies out of the two men from the famous door-to-door religious sect who never made it more than 10 feet up the driveway.  Really, can it get any better? 

I know I am fortunate and I try to remember that every time I type a report from the Bozo that dictates from out in the hall. If you want to be an MT, then I guess the key is to finding the right company, working your butt off, pay yourself first, don't spend what you don't have, and pray your fingers and your brain can survive the MT world.

go for it.   My situation was a bit different in that I wasn't running out of work, just testing the waters.  I applied to about a dozen companies, offered positions with each, took 3 positions to figure which I liked best.  I had worked for a small local company for 13 years as my only experience so was really clueless.   I found it really difficult to switch from the various accounts and scheduling became a nightmare because I really had no clear-cut hours or line counts.  It got to where I wasn't doing a good job, just doing the lines and not caring about the product, plus I was screaming at my son for bothering me while I was trying to work.  Just wasn't worth it. 

you'd be much better off with a private policy.  My family of 4 pays less than $400.00/mo for good insurance.